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Big River Train Lyrics

Artist: Porter Wagoner
Album: Soul Of A Convict

In the land of the Ponderosa pine there runs a giant 8-wheelerKnown as the Big River TrainJust before she disappears into the forset she passes by a prisonWhere many-a convicts has dreamed of riding her rails to freedomI'd like to tel you a story as it was told to meIt's called The Legend Of The Big River Train

Keep that 8-wheel drive a rollin' let her lonesome whistle whineFor it tells the world a story as it whistles through the pinesIn the death car lies a convict with a number for his nameAnd he's going home this morning on that old Big River TrainWell they brought him to this prison twenty years ago this dateChanged his name into a number then he became my prison mateSomehow I knew he wasn't guilty from the very day he cameYet they brought him to this prison on that old Big River TrainWe became the best of buddies side by side through thick and thinThen one night he told his story how he have framed by evil menMen who bought and bribed the jury seekin' only selfish gainYes they sent an honest man to prison condemned him to a life of shameMany many times I've heard him tell me when he'd hear that whistle blowThat same old train that brought me here pal is gonna take me home I knowI'll ride it back to my home country and there I'll clear my honest nameWell they shipped him back this morning on that old Big River TrainBut he's gone to meek his Maker in a land that's bright and newGone to claim a peace of freedom that heaven knows was overdueOf a crime he wasn't guilty just a victim of a frameYes he came and now he's leavin' on that old Big River TrainAnd he's going home this morning on that old Big River Train